The New Brunswick Anti-Shale Gas Alliance is acting as an intervener in a court case in Alberta regarding carbon pricing.
Spokesperson Jim Emberger says they are using the umbrella name of Climate Justice to refute claims being made by some provinces.
“Alberta is saying the federal government does not have the constitutional ability to put in carbon pricing and Saskatchewan and Ontario have already lost their cases,” said Emberger.
Last week. Premier Blaine Higgs announced New Brunswick has reached a deal on carbon pricing with Ottawa, but Emberger says there seems to be a mixed message going on.
“They are still part of this appeal from Alberta saying it’s unconstitutional even though we (New Brunswick) just made a deal with the federal government,” he said.
As for whether the new deal will be better than for the backstop imposed on New Brunswick by Ottawa, that is yet to be known, said Emberger.
“In the end, I don’t know if it’s going to be better for consumers or not the money that they used to get from rebates under the federal government’s plan, of course, they won’t get anymore,” he said.
